MICAWBERISH ADJ. resembling or reminiscent of Micawber; fecklessly optimistic - 1851 ETYMOLOGY from the name of Wilkins Micawber, a character in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield (1850), + -ish ; Micawber's unquenchable optimism is characterized by his frequently stated belief that something will ‘turn up' FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1851 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...There were beautiful ring-doves, too - one family group, where, with Micawberish affection, a pair of squab twins, snugly ensconced in an old salt-box, were watched over, their appearance harmoniously rhyming in sentiment as in sound, with loves..." From: Robert Merry's Museum Edited by S.G. Goodrich 'The Hen Convention'
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